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Acorn woodpecker by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, Calif.
In case you haven’t already noticed, there’s a problem with acorn woodpeckers in Walnut Creek’s Rossmoor Retirement Community.
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Posted on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
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Acorn woodpecker by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, Calif.
Emeryville, CA — Experts with Audubon California today expressed surprise and disappointment that two homeowners associations in Rossmoor have obtained permits from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to kill up to 50 acorn woodpeckers that are drilling holes in homes to store food.
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Posted on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
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Acorn woodpecker by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, Calif.
Dear Gary:
I love your column and hope you are still coming to Rossmoor on Wednesday.
Unfortunately, your column and the paper in general has touted “Rossmoor” as the evil hunters of the Woodpeckers. Let me explain that the community of Rossmoor is made up of different areas that have control over the actions in their “Mutual.”
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Posted on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
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Acorn Woodpecker S.O.S. art by Kat Mulkey, Lafayette
If you haven’t been following my daily columns about Walnut Creek’s Rossmoor Retirement Community vs. the acorn woodpeckers, you can catch yourself up here on my Friday (Nov. 14) and Sunday (Nov. 16) columns: http://www.contracostatimes.com/garybogue
Basically, a family of acorn woodpeckers have been pecking holes in the upper reaches of a couple of the retirement community’s resident buildings. Rossmoor has obtained a depredation permit from the feds which allows them to shoot 50 acorn woodpeckers.
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Posted on Monday, November 17th, 2008
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